What isthe largest lake you fish in

mikench · Apr 20, 2019

I thought we could start a thread, as suggested by John Step on the subject of large lakes and encourage Waldi to post more pics .

The largest lake I have fished was 51 acres and it seemed huge. The pic is of Lake Pikaki in New Zealand which is 178.7 square kilometres!!!

It was the scene of Lake Town in the Hobbit. It has an average depth of 154 ft. It has char, salmon and trout!

barbelboi · Apr 20, 2019

Burghfield lake (94 acres) was one of my favourite still water venues from the 70's to mid 00's - quiet, peaceful and hardly another angler.....Tench well into double figures, roach to 3lb, pike to well over 30lb and, of course, the Burghfield Common among others..

waldi · Apr 20, 2019

There are no commercial/angling lakes in Switzerland (except trout farm ponds

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So most of my fishing is either the Greifensee (8.45 km2) or Pfaffikersee (3.3 KM2)

Every summer we have 3 weeks holiday here:Lake Maggiore - Wikipedia

Usually I only fish the Swiss side (that's daunting enough)

When I get time I'll dig out some photos of the 2 local lakes and give you an idea of what's in them.

Jon.

nottskev · Apr 20, 2019

Lough Derg, the last of three huge lakes on the Shannon, is about 50 square miles. I had a couple of holidays nearby. There is a promontary at a place called Two Mile Gate, towards the Limerick end, where you can fish facing a southwesterly wind. You had to stand in the water to get past the reeded margins. And hang on to your hat. The new front-loaded feeders hadn't been invented then, and even a big feeder would sometimes refuse to go far out into that wind. You pre-baited heavily at night and hoped the bream would have stopped until morning. If you were lucky and they were there, they were like the proverbial dustbin lids. But if the wind dropped, they moved out, and you'd see fish rolling way beyond fishing range.

The biggest lake I've fished lately would probably be Esthwaite Water (280 acres) in the Lake District.

sam vimes · Apr 20, 2019

The biggest I regularly fish is a 30 acres pit. The island taken into the equation actually makes it less. The biggest I've ever fished was probably Lake Mead. Next would be either a Cyprus dam or possibly an unidentified dam in Turkey. In England, it's probably Rutland water. Locally, Semerwater.

Mark Wintle · Apr 20, 2019

I've fished Lake Ontario a couple of time but only in backwaters on the Toronto Islands. The main lake is 19,000 square kilometres. Locally Spinnaker Lake at about 50 acres is the biggest one Ive fished.

mikench · Apr 20, 2019

How do you spod 19,0000 sq kilometres ?

stillwater blue · Apr 20, 2019

I don't often fish lakes as I much prefer running water. However there are two lakes that I do lure fish for pike, one is around 140 acres and the second is around 15 acres.

john step · Apr 20, 2019

I suppose the largest was in my feather chucking days. Rutland and Grafham. When in Spain I used to fish a large lake behind Torrevieja called Pedrera about 3 miles by 2 miles wide I think. Carp and barbel and bass.

Nowadays the biggest is about 10 acres.

Waldi, Many years ago I stood watching the water on Lac Leman and two large fish about 2 to 3 feet long surfaced in the crystal clear water and circled each other before going down again into the depths.
I was not able to identify them as they seemed longer and more lithe than normal the way they were able to twist and turn on a sixpence.

Do you think there are salmon or large trout in there?

103841 · Apr 20, 2019

Won’t be long now for a bit of whip fishing for Rudd on the mighty Stonar lake near Sandwich in Kent, one report I’ve read of it being 55 acres and 75ft deep in places, all I know is that it’s huge but makes little difference to me as I catch all my fish within a few rod lengths.

waldi · Apr 20, 2019

john step said:
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Waldi, Many years ago I stood watching the water on Lac Leman and two large fish about 2 to 3 feet long surfaced in the crystal clear water and circled each other before going down again into the depths.
I was not able to identify them as they seemed longer and more lithe than normal the way they were able to twist and turn on a sixpence.

Do you think there are salmon or large trout in there?

Hi John.

If it was a salmonoid probably a lake trout (Seeforrellen) they get in excess of a metre long and pushing 30 odd pounds.

There are 2 species of char (Seesaibling and Namaycush) also around the same size.

The younger ones live in rivers and can be caught on the fly, but as they mature they move to lakes.

I've been told that in the lakes they like deep, cold water and fishing for them is very specialised.

Jon

john r stockburn · Apr 20, 2019

the biggest in recent years must be Hickling broad (400 acres) and is connected to other Broads as well

bennygesserit · Apr 20, 2019

Stupid question I know but how do you know where the fish are ? As opposed to fishing a muddy carp puddle ( Even in those much smaller pools there are various hot spots that one can eventually find )

The bad one · Apr 20, 2019

Lake Biakal Siberia is mine and they don't come much bigger than that.

» Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world with a maximum depth of 1,632m
» It is also the world’s largest volume of fresh water 23,000 cubic km.» This means that one-fifth of all the fresh water in the world is located here at Lake Baikal.
» Lake Baikal is 640km long and judging by its dimensions only it would be more of a sea than a lake.
» Baikal is also the world’s most ancient freshwater lake, it originated 20-25 million years ago.
» It is home to many unique species of animals and plants including the freshwater seal
.» Lake Baikal is one of the clearest and purest bodies of water. In a good day you could see 40 meters into the lake.
» Dimensions of Lake Baikal: It is 636 km long, 79 km wide.
» There are 27 islands in Lake Baikal, most of them being uninhabited.
» Baikal Lake’s coastline measures 2100 kilometers (around 1300 miles).
» More than 300 streams and rivers flow into Lake Baikal, but there is just one outlet, the Angara.
» The water in the lake creates a mild microclimate around its shores
.» More than half the species found in Lake Baikal are unique to this place.

sam vimes · Apr 20, 2019

john step said:
When in Spain I used to fish a large lake behind Torrevieja called Pedrera about 3 miles by 2 miles wide I think. Carp and barbel and bass.

My local out there (not that I've been in ten years or so), but I've never fished it!

john step · Apr 20, 2019

sam vimes said:
My local out there (not that I've been in ten years or so), but I've never fished it!

I never caught a big carp as I think they get caught and eaten. I even saw barbel caught and taken for the pot. The depths vary enormously from high to dry seasons. When its dry you can drive onto the clay banks that are many feet underwater when it fills up. I saw many snakes swimming past in the water there.

rich66 · Apr 20, 2019

Mark Wintle said:
I've fished Lake Ontario a couple of time but only in backwaters on the Toronto Islands. The main lake is 19,000 square kilometres. Locally Spinnaker Lake at about 50 acres is the biggest one Ive fished.

Me too, I’ve fished Lake Ontario but from the Rochester side, way back in the late 70’s I think. I’ve still got a picture of the single bass I caught that day

Philip · Apr 20, 2019

I have fished quite a few big lakes in Europe. Some of the big French reservoirs have amazing fishing but because of an idiot minority of anglers the fishing becomes restricted with suffocating rules.

I think its easy to look at some of these inland seas and be put off from the start but even when a lake is massive fish still like the margins.

mikench · Apr 21, 2019

The nearest large lakes to me in France are le Lac de st Cassien, the Gorge de Verdon et le lac de St Croix. Cassien is very pretty and holds a large head of big carp. I fished for roach once on a whip. My only time for both. I have a deal with er indoors that I only sea fish here as I devote( according to her) too much time to fishing back home. It suits me and gives me something to look forward to.

I agree about Lake Baikal Phil and it's on my bucket list. It looks and sounds amazing. I read a book entitled " the long walk" by Slavomir Rawicz based on a true story of an escape on foot from a gulag in Siberia to India. A very good read.

I forgot I did fish Lake Champlain in NY state but blanked. I remain mightily impressed by large expanses of water. The statistics for Baikal though are amazing.

liphook · Apr 21, 2019

I fish Loch Lomond regularly and it's plenty big enough!

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